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Echo Playing Cards by Lotusinhand
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Echo Playing Cards is an exploration into what is possible with a deck of cards. Our back design features a simple, yet elegant, pattern resembling carbon fiber, and a circle in the center to emphasize movements of each packet. But where this deck really shines is the faces. We made the bold choice of removing all suits from the faces and replaced them with the same circle from the back. This creates visual effects that no other deck is capable of. When a packet is flipped, the circle in the center continues spinning in 3D space. Additionally, with circles on every face of every packet, eye-catching circles reverberate throughout and enhance each flourish.
Cardists and audiences will love the effects produced by the amazing Echo Playing Cards!
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Echo Playing Cards is an exploration into what is possible with a deck of cards. Our back design features a simple, yet elegant, pattern resembling carbon fiber, and a circle in the center to emphasize movements of each packet. But where this deck really shines is the faces. We made the bold choice of removing all suits from the faces and replaced them with the same circle from the back. This creates visual effects that no other deck is capable of. When a packet is flipped, the circle in the center continues spinning in 3D space. Additionally, with circles on every face of every packet, eye-catching circles reverberate throughout and enhance each flourish.
Cardists and audiences will love the effects produced by the amazing Echo Playing Cards!
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Re: Echo Playing Cards by Lotusinhand
While I appreciate the concept of this deck (and the floating circle visual when flipping cards is great), I feel this deck is reduced to being a one-trick pony at the expense of being a more functional deck. The lack of pips or courts render this deck even worse than a lot of other "minimalist" decks out there as far as card play is concerned. But I get it, your target demographic isn't collectors or poker players, but cardists, which I appreciate. But any novelty achieved in packet routines with the single central circle is negated by the fact that any type of fans or spreads will be terribly plain. I feel it would've been better if you replicated the concentric circular design you had on the tuck box on the back and front of the cards instead, with the center circles being a different, bolder color. This way you still would've maintained the visual effect of the floating circle in the center, but have a more interesting design overall that would've been at least slightly more conducive to other cardistry moves. Finally, I don't know who the printer is, but $16.00 per deck before shipping is a bit excessive imo for what you end up with.
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Re: Echo Playing Cards by Lotusinhand
USD16??? For that kinda $, you might as well buy a FW17 Virts or NDO deck. Those decks also made sure handling is a top priority , besides just the visuals.
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Kinda looks like someone took a pistol poker target and cut it up
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Re: Echo Playing Cards by Lotusinhand
Oh bwoi... no good news on the menu today.

Guerrilla Echoes. 444 available. Printed in the USA by USPCC. 12/18 12pm EST.

Guerrilla Echoes. 444 available. Printed in the USA by USPCC. 12/18 12pm EST.
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Re: Echo Playing Cards by Lotusinhand
As promotional photos go, I kinda like this. 
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Re: Echo Playing Cards by Lotusinhand
That pic reminds me of that Kickstarter Army Men deck that never got fulfilled. At least I was one of the few who got a refund.
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Re: Echo Playing Cards by Lotusinhand
Well, I like the orange background. Oh I'm sure this will definitely sell out as all the rare-ophiles will definitely have to get in on this limited 444 deck [emoji39]
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Re: Echo Playing Cards by Lotusinhand
You can already see the uneven borders lolHarvonsgard wrote:Printed in the USA by USPCC. 12/18 12pm EST.
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Re: Echo Playing Cards by Lotusinhand
It's funny because it's true... wait, actualy it isn't funny. Get your s**t together USPC.RWPPFFShuffle wrote:You can already see the uneven borders lolHarvonsgard wrote:Printed in the USA by USPCC. 12/18 12pm EST.
As a compromise; maybe they could f++k up the borders as much as they want on decks like this, but then take care about proper alignment on decks I care for.
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Strag wrote:That pic reminds me of that Kickstarter Army Men deck that never got fulfilled. At least I was one of the few who got a refund.
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Re: Echo Playing Cards by Lotusinhand
rousselle wrote:Strag wrote:That pic reminds me of that Kickstarter Army Men deck that never got fulfilled. At least I was one of the few who got a refund.
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Lol, made my day.rousselle wrote:Strag wrote:That pic reminds me of that Kickstarter Army Men deck that never got fulfilled. At least I was one of the few who got a refund.
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Re: Echo Playing Cards by Lotusinhand
Just FYI, the official name is "Guerrilla Echo Playing Cards"
https://lotusinhandstore.com/products/g ... 2245434468
And the difference is that this one is printed by USPCC on crushed stock, not the mystery Taiwan printer of the first edition. Also, the green is much like the metallic green of the Sahara Green Cherrys






https://lotusinhandstore.com/products/g ... 2245434468
And the difference is that this one is printed by USPCC on crushed stock, not the mystery Taiwan printer of the first edition. Also, the green is much like the metallic green of the Sahara Green Cherrys






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Re: Echo Playing Cards by Lotusinhand
I guess if you have a hard on for circle this might be your thing.
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Thanks STL, now the shoot your shot ad card gets a whole new meaning.STLBluesNut wrote:I guess if you have a hard on for circle...
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Re: Echo Playing Cards by Lotusinhand
USPCC has a minimum run of 1,000. If they're claiming 444 decks, that's pretty disingenuous unless they're taking the other 556 and gilding them, or burning them, or... 
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Re: Echo Playing Cards by Lotusinhand
At least it says 444 "available on initial release" and not something else more blatantly stating that only 444 made or super limited edition of 444.
So while they probably aren't technically lying, it may be considered at least misleading as someone not really paying attention and sees 444 may think they are more limited than they are, but I think people that buy decks based on "limited" or low numbers available are just silly to begin with.
Good or bad decks are good or bad based on their design, not quantity printed.
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So while they probably aren't technically lying, it may be considered at least misleading as someone not really paying attention and sees 444 may think they are more limited than they are, but I think people that buy decks based on "limited" or low numbers available are just silly to begin with.
Good or bad decks are good or bad based on their design, not quantity printed.
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Re: Echo Playing Cards by Lotusinhand
Preach.STLBluesNut wrote:... I think people that buy decks based on "limited" or low numbers available are just silly to begin with.
Good or bad decks are good or bad based on their design, not quantity printed.
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Seconded and amen!Harvonsgard wrote:Preach.STLBluesNut wrote:... I think people that buy decks based on "limited" or low numbers available are just silly to begin with.
Good or bad decks are good or bad based on their design, not quantity printed.
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Re: Echo Playing Cards by Lotusinhand
$3 (shipping included) final offer!
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I'll take it if you pay me $5 and you pay for the shipping to Europe!macstrat wrote:$3 (shipping included) final offer!
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Re: Echo Playing Cards by Lotusinhand
Seems like there will be another colour of Echo coming soon. They dropped a tutorial for Ghandi's Flip Flop by Daniel Lin on their channel in which he uses blue Echoes.
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Re: Echo Playing Cards by Lotusinhand
Arctic Echo drop this Saturday.
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Re: Echo Playing Cards by Lotusinhand
If the backs were like the box they'd be much better. Still not great, but better.
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Was thinking the same thing. Could have cool effect on the faces too. There's a lot of different directions they could go to make this a gem.MagikFingerz wrote: βWed Aug 12, 2020 3:00 pm If the backs were like the box they'd be much better. Still not great, but better.
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Re: Echo Playing Cards by Lotusinhand
[Another LiH thread in dire need of an update...
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1:51 Echoes. 6.12 12pm ET. [June 12, 2021]
Asia & Oceania - Sycee
Europe & Africa - Cabernet
America - Niagara
Editions of 691. Printed by @dexcards . Regions will be determined using shipping addresses. First 11 orders of each region of a brick or more will have one deck substituted with a 1:51 Echo Amethyst Edition.
1:51 Echo Niagara Edition (America) [SOLD OUT]
Edition of 691. Printed in Taiwan by Dex Playing Card Co.
1:51 Echo Cabernet Edition (Europe & Africa) [SOLD OUT]
Edition of 691. Printed in Taiwan by Dex Playing Card Co.
1:51 Echo Sycee Edition (Asia & Oceania) [SOLD OUT]
Edition of 691. Printed in Taiwan by Dex Playing Card Co.
1:51 Echo Amethyst Edition [SOLD OUT]
Edition of 33. Printed in Taiwan by Dex Playing Card Co.
Echo x Smoke & Mirrors Box Set [SOLD OUT] -- 11.06 12pm ET, 2021
1200 sets available. Printed in Taiwan by Dex Playing Card Co. 2 decks included per box set. [Dex Stock Varnish 3]
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Re: Echo Playing Cards by Lotusinhand
[August 2022] In the next couple of weeks we will be designing our next edition of Echo from the ground up with you.
Starting now, we are accepting design submissions from everyone (rules and schedule in second image). Then, with the help of our Uncut NFT holders we will nominate a few designs that will then be publicly voted on by all of you here on Instagram to select a final winning design. The submitter of the winning design will receive 3 bricks of Echo by You and be credited on the box and ad card of the final product.
Thank you all for joining us in this journey. We'd like to congratulate @venjaconuve for submitting the winning design of Echo by You!
Echo by You will be an edition of 1500 and will be available for preorder on our website at 8.27 12pm ET. They will be printed in Taiwan by @dexcards and will feature copper foil on the tuck box.
Echo by You [SOLD OUT]
Vintage Edition designed by venjaconuve. Edition of 1500. Printed in Taiwan by Dex Playing Card Co.
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